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McAfee AV update causes Windows computers to break

@McAfeeNews: McAfee Response On Current False Positive Issue: In the past 24 hours, McAfee identified a new threat … http://bit.ly/bTK4G7

If anyone in Central KY needs assistance with this problem. Let me know, I will be happy to offer my technical skills (during non-business hours since my Full-Time job comes first) to help get your computer(s) working again for a very reasonable rate. Leave a comment and I will get back in touch with you.

It’s ALL NEW! | Check out my new blog…

I’m moving to a new blog.  New Look, New Feel, and hopefully more frequent posting.  Check it out, http://scottdirwin.wordpress.com

Neil Gaiman speaking LIVE | Check out online event now…

Are you watching the LIVE event with author Neil Gaiman hosted by Jessamine County Public Library? Check it out here… http://www.ustream.tv/channel/an-evening-with-neil-gaiman

Neil Gaiman to Speak about Libraries & Censorship as part of National Library Week

Jessamine County Public Library is hosting an event with New York Times Bestselling Author Neil Gaiman. Mr Gaiman will be participating LIVE via the internet and will interact with the audience at the Jessamine County Public Library. The event will also be streamed live to other participating libraries, organizations, and homes across the country. Spots are limited at the Jessamine County Public Library location so reserve your seats early. See below for more detailed information.

CHICAGO – Libraries and their communities are invited to a live Internet event, “An Evening with Neil Gaiman,” from 6 to 8 p.m. April 12. This event, which kicks off National Library Week April 11-17, is coordinated by the American Library Association’s Campaign for America’s Libraries and the Jessamine County Ky. Public Library JCPL.As Honorary Chair of National Library Week, Gaiman, the 2009 Newbery Medal winner for “The Graveyard Book,” will speak to his lifelong love of libraries and the role they play in a democratic society by supporting intellectual freedom and privacy. Gaiman will virtually join a live audience at JCPL from the University of Minnesota using high definition videoconferencing technology supported by Internet2 to enable an interactive discussion with the author.

via ALA | Neil Gaiman to Speak about Libraries and Censorship as part of National Library Week.

via Neil Gaiman to Speak about Libraries and Censorship as part of National Library Week @ Jessamine County Public Library Facebook Event

For more information about the event go to http://gaimanatjcpl.org/

Tron Legacy 2010 Trailer HD – YouTube

Oh the Geeks among us will be as giddy as little school boys.

YouTube – Tron Legacy 2010 Trailer HD.

Moving forward is holding us back — CSS Wizardry—CSS, Web Standards, Typography, and Grids by Harry Roberts

Fascinating article on web development and online content.  A must read for anyone that even remotely deals with getting content to customers, end-users, clients, etc.

For years, web developers have been looking forward to that next feature, that new and monumental shift which has allowed them to break away from the shackles of obsolescence and adopt new and forward thinking technologies. But it is beginning to come full circle—that thirst for new technology has slowly brought us back to square one, reimposing the constraints that we have, for years, tried to rid ourselves of. Moving forward is holding us back.

Okay, okay. That was a very alarmist intro…..

via Moving forward is holding us back — CSS Wizardry—CSS, Web Standards, Typography, and Grids by Harry Roberts.

Voltron Girl (Behind the Scenes): Pics, Videos, Links, News

Just plain awesome.

Voltron Girl (Behind the Scenes): Pics, Videos, Links, News.

Chile Earthquake May Have Shortened Days on Earth — Space.com

So if we set off an equivocal explosion on the opposite side of the earth, will it reverse it?

SPACE.com — Chile Earthquake May Have Shortened Days on Earth.

To: Pat Robertson From: Satan. — A Letter

Dear Pat Robertson,
I know that you know that all press is good press, so I appreciate the shout-out. And you make God look like a big mean bully who kicks people when they are down, so I’m all over that action.
But when you say that Haiti has made a pact with me, it is totally humiliating. I may be evil incarnate, but I’m no welcher. The way you put it, making a deal with me leaves folks desperate and impoverished.
Sure, in the afterlife, but when I strike bargains with people, they first get something here on earth — glamour, beauty, talent, wealth, fame, glory, a golden fiddle. Those Haitians have nothing, and I mean nothing. And that was before the earthquake. Haven’t you seen “Crossroads”? Or “Damn Yankees”?
If I had a thing going with Haiti, there’d be lots of banks, skyscrapers, SUVs, exclusive night clubs, Botox — that kind of thing. An 80 percent poverty rate is so not my style. Nothing against it — I’m just saying: Not how I roll.
You’re doing great work, Pat, and I don’t want to clip your wings — just, come on, you’re making me look bad. And not the good kind of bad. Keep blaming God. That’s working. But leave me out of it, please. Or we may need to renegotiate your own contract.
Best, Satan
LILY COYLE, MINNEAPOLIS

Super Bowl XLIV – T-minus 30 minutes #sb44

T-minus 30 minutes til the World Feed goes to air… don’t forget, check out http://www.nfl.com/superbowl/story?id=09000d5d816102d1&template=without-video&confirm=true
to listen to the international broadcasts of Super Bowl XLIV.

Listen LIVE to Super Bowl XLIV in several foreign-languages

Super Bowl XLIV foreign-language audio

Listen LIVE to 10 international broadcasts of Super Bowl XLIV!

ARD (German)

BBC Radio (English)

Canal Spain (Spanish)

Chello Sport 1 (Hungarian)

NHK Japan (Japanese)

NHK Plus (Russian)

Prime Sport Telenet (Dutch)

RAI (Italian)

Viasat (Danish)

W9 (French)

via Super Bowl XLIV foreign-language audio.

Chimps given cameras to shoot their own movie | DVICE

Fascinating concept. Will be very interested to see the final product of this.

Video below:

Chimps given cameras to shoot their own movie | DVICE.

My Predictions for Apple’s Media Event Today

Today’s media event that Apple has sent out invites for begs many questions and has sparked numerous rumor mills to get overloaded. This event has many keeping an eye on Apple to not only find out what Apple’s new “creation” is but also because their first quarter financial results were way above estimates.

So what will we hear from Mr Jobs today? My thoughts:

iPhone OS 4 – available today
iTunes 10 – available today
Mac OS 10.6.2 – available today
*iLife ’10 – available today
Tablet device – delayed release
Ebooks for sale in App Store – delayed release
*Better Apple TV/ Front Row UI/ integration with media – available today

We’ll see at 1 PM EST today….

First hands-on review of Apple iSlate Tablet!

Great Review of the “new” Apple iSlate tablet computer

YouTube – It’s the first hands-on review of the Apple Tablet!.

Evolution Going Great, Reports Trilobite | The Onion – America’s Finest New

From The Onion | http://www.theonion.com/content/news/evolution_going_great_reports

December 16, 2009 | Issue 45•51

Slowly inching his segmented exoskeleton across the sea floor, a local marine arthropod, class Trilobita, reported that Earth’s natural evolution was “progressing quite nicely.”

“Things are looking mighty fine,” announced the prehistoric invertebrate, taking measure of his surroundings through a series of small, hexagonal eyelets located at the tip of his thorax. “Sulfurous gas seems to be bubbling up to the surface pretty good, and several single-cell organisms appear to be mutating at a rather steady pace. Also, just today, I developed the ability to roll into a small protective shell in order to avoid predators.”

Added the trilobite, “Yup, this evolution thing is going great.”

According to the 4-inch-wide arthropod, the entire planet—once nothing more than a large, tedious mass of molten rock—has really taken shape recently. Clearing a swath of nourishing algae from his glabella, the excited prehistoric organism went on to report that a number of interesting changes had occurred, including the sprouting of several new microbial communities, and the development of a process known only as photosynthesis, which the trilobite called “hard to explain, but really, really cool.”

In addition, the trilobite said, the shifting of tectonic plates, and with them, the birth of new mountain ranges, river valleys, and coastlines, seemed to be coming along great.

“It’s a wonderful time to be alive,” said the tri-lobed creature, its protruding feelers and antennules twitching spasmodically with anticipation. “To be born during this, the Cambrian Explosion—why, I couldn’t imagine a better period, really. It’s all happening right now! I mean, if things keep going the way they’re going, what with evolution taking off and everything, pretty soon we’ll have huge, towering reptiles roaming across the earth.”

“Can you imagine it? Reptiles!” the trilobite added. “I’m not even sure what those are!”

The trilobite then settled down in his murky lagoon, where for the third straight night he would rest soundly while thoughts of someday becoming a brine shrimp, or perhaps even a crustacean—each of which, he knew, would be just a small part of the beautiful upward arc of life, forever changing, forever moving toward balance and harmony—danced in his tiny, insignificant head.

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This piece is part of The Onion’s Our Annual Year: The Top 10 Stories Of The Last 4.5 Billion Years

Star Wars Opening Scene Rendered Entirely in HTML [VIDEO]

What you are about to see is not done in Flash or Quicktime or any other video technology. It’s the iconic Star Wars opening scene — where the backstory text scrolls by and recedes away from you — rendered entirely using the HTML and CSS standards that are used to build the vast majority of web pages you see online.

Star Wars Opening Scene Rendered Entirely in HTML [VIDEO].

“A-Team” Trailer: Check It Out While You Can [VIDEO]

This will either be really good, just plain suck.  There is no in-between when you mess with a classic.  Here’s hoping!

“A-Team” Trailer: Check It Out While You Can [VIDEO].

See Video Clip at weblink above

YouTube – America Rising Video An Open Letter to Democrats

YouTube – America Rising Video An Open Letter to Democrats.

Video | The Decade in 7 Minutes

Great look back at the things that made headlines over the past 10 years!

Newsweek Video | The Decade in 7 Minutes.

WATCH THIS! ‘Star Wars John Williams Is The Man’ medley – a cappella tribute

Absolutely brilliantly done. I can’t imagine the time it took to coordinate all 4 parts. Great Job!

YouTube – ‘Star Wars John Williams Is The Man’ medley – a cappella tribute [Closed Captioned].

Rumor Has It: Are These the Specs for the Apple Tablet?

Is this a look what the forthcoming Apple Tablet will possess???

Other hardware niceties include two USB 2.0 ports, an SD card slot, built-in speakers and mic and a combined digital/headphone out and line in like that found on the newest MacBook Pros. The screen is listed as 7.1 inches and boasts the same oleophobic coating found on the iPhone 3GS.

But here’s where it gets weird. In addition to the built-in iSight (not weird), there’s a built-in projector listed too (very weird). And the Airport Extreme is said to be based on the 802.11n draft specification, when we all know that specification was finalized in September. Also, no mention is made of 3G connectivity, something which has been making the rounds recently.

via Rumor Has It: Are These the Specs for the Apple Tablet?.

How to Teach With Google Wave!

Fascinating use of Google Wave.  Check the rest of the article out at the link below:

Think of it like bringing in a guest speaker. But with Wave, which is like e-mail but live and jazzed up with multimedia features, you can build online communities that link entire classrooms for a week or two. And you can do it without the administrative headaches of booking rooms or adjusting class schedules…..

… But what if you merged a biology class and a philosophy class? You could have them evaluate a bioethics case study, suggests Mr. Schroeder, director of the university’s Center for Online Learning, Research, and Service. Or what about a class on Asian history? You could use Wave’s translation tool and hook up with a group of Chinese students….

Google can’t get this into full production fast enough, in my humble opinion.  Not to mention getting the Open Source code available to be installed on a private server.  This will open the door to communication between, teams, departments, instituations, clients, and beyond.  Heck, it could prove to be a viable tool for extended families to communicate with. [that is, the extended families that are many miles apart and rarely see each other.  Of course that would require teaching those family members how to use Google Wave who are just getting up to speed with email and IM. Though this could be easier than email and IM when the product is finished.]

via Wired Campus – The Chronicle of Higher Education.

Apple Will Command Media’s Attention on Jan 26. @applereviews

Apple Will Command the Media’s Attention on January 26 | Mashable.com.

Upcoming Apple event ‘confirmed’ | Apple Reviews.

One of the biggest stories of 2009 has been the oft-rumored but never actually confirmed Apple tablet. In the last few days we’ve heard some new rumors — including potential names iSlate and iGuide. Although Apple hasn’t officially acknowledged the existence of a tablet device, rumors have longed pointed to January as some sort of official announcement date. Now Fox News has confirmed an earlier Financial Times report that Apple will be holding a special media event on January 26 in San Francisco.